Platelet sequestration patterns may be useful in the clinical decision-making regarding splenectomy.Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a common treatment for men with systemic prostate cancer. However, ADT leads to sexual dysfunction, causing &gt;80 % of couples to cease sexual activity completely. Here, we use a biopsychosocial framework to review factors that may influence the ability of patients on ADT to remain sexually active. We address sexual factors prior to ADT, neurobiological factors, intermittent ADT, sex aids, exercise, sleep, partner factors, masculinity, non-penetrative intimacy, depressive symptoms, and access to counselling or patient education programs. We make suggestions for future research in order to extend our understanding in this field with the goal of improving evidence-based treatment protocols and practice. Importantly, we suggest that clinicians should discuss options for sexual intimacy after ADT with both patients and their partners, as sexual inactivity is not inevitable for most, and strategies are available for helping maintain sexual intimacy.The present research work is aimed at reducing the consumption of reactants by process optimization and economic analysis of large-scale commercial plant using techno-economic analysis. The statistical optimization of biodiesel production from Calophyllum inophyllum oil using Zn doped CaO nanocatalyst was used to optimize the conversion efficiency and green chemistry value. The environmental studies on transesterification reaction were done using green chemistry parameters like carbon efficiency, atom economy, reaction mass efficiency, stoichiometric factor and environmental factor. The biodiesel conversion 91.95% was achieved when maintaining the methanol to oil ratio 9.661, concentration of catalyst 5% (w/v), time 81.31 min and temperature 56.71 °C with green chemistry value of 0.873. Techno-economic analysis of biodiesel production from Calophyllum inophyllum oil was executed used optimized lab-scale data. The techno-economic analysis of 21 million kg/year biodiesel production plant was investigated. The annual biodiesel revenue of 15,224,000 $/yr and the payback period was about 1.15 years.The objective of this work was to use corncob as raw material to prepare green reusable magnetic biochar for removal of dyes in wastewater. For this purpose, an environmentally friendly NiAl layered double oxides modified magnetic corncob biochar (MC1/NiAl-LDO) was obtained by pyrolysis of NiAl layered double hydroxides modified magnetic corncob biochar (MC1/NiAl-LDH) at 700 °C for 3 h. The surface area of MC1/NiAl-LDO is 552.62 m2?g-1, which was much higher than that of MC1 (26.83 m2?g-1). MC1/NiAl-LDO for acridine orange (AO) exhibited higher adsorption ability, the adsorption capacity of MC1/NiAl-LDO was increased by 90% compared with MC1. Adsorption experiments for AO on MC1/NiAl-LDO were carried with effect of pH, adsorption time, initial concentrations of AO and ionic strength. MC1/NiAl-LDO can be recycled nine times. The results exhibited that MC1/NiAl-LDO was a low cost adsorbent, providing good example for th agricultural waste recycling.This study explored commonly-used antibiotics (lincomycin, chlorotetracycline, sulfamethoxazole, and ciprofloxacin) and their collective effects on antibiotic resistance during composting. In the first 7 days, ciprofloxacin showed the greatest influence on the physicochemical factors among the studied antibiotics; the removal of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the multiple-antibiotic treatment was significantly less than single-antibiotic treatments; especially, the largest removal of ribosomal protection genes (tetW and tetO) occurred in single ciprofloxacin treatment. In the end of composting, similar removal ratio (29.71-99.79%) of ARGs was achieved in different treatments (p greater than 0.05); Chloroflexi became the main phylum and it was closely associated with ARGs removal based on the network analysis. Potential host bacteria of ARGs varied with different antibiotics; in particular, the presence of multiple antibiotics increased potential host bacteria of ermA, sul1 and tetO. Above all, collective effects of different antibiotics led to the enrichment of antibiotic resistance in the composting.This work aimed to use continuous measurements of viscoelastic properties to evaluate the effect of hydrothermal treatment on poplar samples. Different conditions (temperature and pre-soaking liquid acidic, neutral and alkaline) were tested on wood in both tangential and radial directions. Two viscoelastic properties were determined the modulus of elasticity and the stress relaxation. The applicability of these properties as indicators of the kinetics of biomass deconstruction was also evaluated, thanks to the chemical analyses performed on the treated solid and the recovered liquid phase. The ultimate goal is to build a macroscopic indicator capable of establishing rules to optimize the hydrothermal treatment before the explosion stage. The joint use of the two parameters succeeded in revealing the effects of chemical degradation, including the coexistence of cleavage and re-condensation and the impact of process conditions (temperature, residence time, and pre-soaking liquid). The monotonous behavior of stress relaxation is a major asset as a possible macroscopic indicator of biomass deconstruction.A logical framework was used for designing a top-down strategy for cyanobacterial phycobiliprotein purification. The purification scheme is based on the non-chromatographic technique, known as aqueous two-phase system. The scheme was optimized at every stage to enhance the recovery yield with the highest purity. We tested this strategy on four cyanobacteria, two containing only phycocyanin and allophycocyanin (Arthrospira platensis AICB49, Synechocystis sp. AICB51) and two that have an extra phycobiliprotein, namely phycoerythrin (Fremyella sp. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/mitosox-red.html UTEX481, Coelomoron pussilum AICB1012). The results showed that the recovery efficiency of the phycobiliproteins is strongly influenced by the phycobilisome composition. For the first two strains the recovery yield of both phycocyanin and allophycocyanin was &gt;80%, with an analytical purity grade for phycocyanin (&gt;4.2) and a reactive purity grade for allophycocyanin (&gt;2.9). The recovery yield of phycoerythrin was lower but compensating with an increase in purity, 5.2 for Fremyella and 4.